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Home Hemodialysis Fundamentals and Symposium

Presented in Cooperation with the
International Society for Hemodialysis

Home Hemodialysis patients and facilities continue to grow, both worldwide and in the USA.  This program brings together representatives of successful Home Hemodialysis programs to discuss elements of effective Home Hemodialysis.

This full day pre-session will provide an overview of the fundamental elements essential to successfully develop and maintain a home hemodialysis program for new, as well as for existing or expanding programs.  The session will also allow interactive discussion with speakers and experts in the field. This meeting is intended for physicians, nurses, fellows, administrators, and other members of the healthcare team providing home dialysis therapy, as well as patients and the dialysis industry and manufacturers who support home hemodialysis. .

SESSION 1
Christopher Blagg, MD; Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, CNN, Presiding
8:00 - 10:15am

• 8:00
  Welcome - Christopher Blagg, MD, Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN
• 8:15
  Home Hemodialysis in the U.S. and Around the World
  Christopher Blagg, MD
• 8:45
  Organizing an Effective Home HD Program - Leslie Spry, MD
• 9:15
  Role of the Medical Director in a Home HD Program - Thomas Golper, MD
• 9:45
  Administrative Components of Home HD - Michelle Carver, BSN, RN
• 10:15
  Break

SESSION 2
Brent Miller, MD, Presiding
10:30am - 12:00pm

• 10:30
  Home Hemodialysis Prescription and Dialysis Adequacy
  Brent Miller, MD
• 11:00
  Blood Access: What Works Best for Home Hemodialysis?
  Rosemary Leitch, RN, C Neph 
• 11:30
  Anticoagulation: Is it Different for Home HD? - Christopher Chan, MD
• 12:00
  Lunch

SESSION 3
Nursing Breakout Session 
12:00 - 1:00pm
Room: 214 A & B
Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, Presiding
Panelists: Lisa Koester, MSN, RN; Lynda Newman, MSN, RN; Rosemary Leitch, RN, C Neph

•  Novel Methods of Teaching Patients for Home HD
•  Supporting Patients at Home
•  Patient Recruitment 

SESSION 4
Daniel Coyne, MD; Michelle Carver, BSN, RN, Presiding

• 1:00       
  Dry Weight Management/Ultrafiltration/ Sodium Control - Jula Inrig, MD      
• 1:25       
  Nutrition Management of the Home HD Patient:  Is It Different From Conventional HD Therapy - Karen Wiesen, MS, RD
• 1:45
  Blood Pressure Control in Home HD - Thomas Golper, MD
• 2:15
  Metabolic Bone Disease - Daniel Coyne, MD
• 2:55
  Anemia and Home Dialysis - Michael Kraus, MD
• 3:15
  Break
  

SESSION 5
Leslie Spry, MD, Presiding
3:25 - 5:00pm

• 3:25
  Living with Home Dialysis - Benjamin Ruback
• 3:45
  Enhanced Rehabilitation and Quality of Life with Home HD: More than Just the Effects of Patient Selection - Nancy Kutner, PhD
• 4:30
  Home Hemodialysis Technology on the Horizon - Robert Lockridge, MD
• 5:00
  Break

SESSION 6
Learn from Your Colleagues: Managing Problems Experienced by the Home HD Patient: Case Presentation and Interactive Discussion
Robert Lockridge, MD, Presiding
5:05 - 5:45pm
Panelists: Brent Miller, MD;  Michael Kraus, MD; Lisa Koester, MSN, RN; Rosemary Leitch, RN, C Neph; John Agar, MBBS

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Contact

• Email
  Natalie Carter at dialysis@health.missouri.edu
• Phone
  573-882-4105
• FAX
  573-882-5666

Chairs

• Conference Chair
  Karl D. Nolph, MD, University of Missouri Board of Curators’ Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

• Hemodialysis Co-Chairs
  Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
  Madhukar Misra,MD, FRCP (UK), Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

• Nursing Chair
  Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN, Education Coordinator, Dialysis Clinic, Inc.; Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

• Pediatric Co-Chairs
  Steven R. Alexander, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
  Helen Currier, BSN, RN, CNN, CENP Director, Renal Services, Pheresis, and Vascular Access team, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
  Brad Warady, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri

• Peritoneal Dialysis Chair
  Ramesh Khanna, MD, Karl D. Nolph, MD, Chair in Nephrology, Director, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

• Planning Committee
• External Advisory Group